Thursday, March 19, 2009

MLB 2000 Draft Team

The year was 2000. A new century, a new millenium, an awesome assortment of amateur talent to choose from. The MLB draft of 2000 was a great one. It held future All-Stars, Silver Sluggers, Cy Youngs, Gold Gloves, and World Series champions. Take a few minutes to check out this 25 man roster of draft picks from the year 2000.

Team Analysis:The offense would be amazing, as it's stacked with speed, power, on base skills, and high batting averages. Even the backups are well equipped to be regulars in most lineups. The defense is stellar with Gold Gloves in the infield and outfield. The starting rotation has durable inning eaters, but Harden and Young are fragile. Therefore, Wainwright is in relief because he's pitched there before and has the ability to be plugged into the rotation should someone need a rest. The bullpen has a quality closer and many strong setup men. The one area that is lacking is lefthanded releiver, but these guys can get anyone out.

11 comments:

Man, if the Nationals would have only remained the Expos and kept some of these 2000 draft pick gems, they'd be an entirely different story by now.

Also, I forgot to add that the player must have been selected in 2000 and signed in 2000. There were some players like Ian Kinsler that were drafted in 2000, but didn't sign and then were drafted in a later year.

Mixing the leagues together inflates the result, since NL win shares don't factor in a dh. Assuming half the players come from the NL, adding the dh to the lineup increases win shares by about half the value of the dh.